At 2:58 AM -0700 2004-08-11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is anyone aware of the safety/vulnerability of these lists? Are these appropriate to use for kids?
It depends on how much security you want/need. Even if you run a closed list, anyone can spoof the sender address of a subscribed user, and get their messages through. There is no way of adding cryptographic authentication features that could help ensure that only the real subscribed users can post to the list.
Likewise, there are limited facilities for hiding the identity of posters, especially from each other.
Unless you want to moderate each and every post, there are limited facilities at your disposal to prevent "inappropriate" content from being posted.
Unless you go out of your way to SSL-secure the entire Mailman portion of the website, anyone can sniff the passwords going across the network, since they are sent in cleartext.
In short, the security available to you is about the same as keeping a spare key under the mat in front of your door. Anyone who knows to look there can get into your house in a heartbeat. Anyone else would have to pick the lock or find some other way in, such as an unlocked or open window, or a sliding glass door.
Most of the locks that people have on their doors are easily picked in a few seconds by a person with the right tools and knowledge. Same with all the other methods of entry.
Just how much security do you think you want/need?
-- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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